Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- Hamas rejects Gaza peace plan. Israel, the US, and the rest of the world now gets to say "Well we tried."

- Today's must read of the day.

- Per NTSB a loose wire on the container ship Dali caused the collusion with the Francis Scott Key bridge in Baltimore.

- From the archives: The Code of Hammurabi - the best rule to manage risk.

More Linky Links

More stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- VDH on the Demse of Classical Education. Worth a read. The decline in Classical Education mirrors the decline in Western Civilization.

- Just saying. And you wonder why we're trillions in debt.

- Interesting - new study shows that "power" increases "risk taking." In real life it may be that risk takers become bosses. Can't understand why the assisned underlings are risk adverse. (HT KPAX)

- Steven Pressfield on How Wilderness Produces Art.

Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

"Risk is what's left over when you think you've thought of everything." - Carl Richards

"The Constitution of the United States is designed to govern a civil and moral people. It is wholly inadequate for any other." - John Adams

"Hindsight, the ability to explain the past, gives us the illusion that the world is understandable. It gives us the illusion that the world makes sense, even when it doesn't make sense." - Daniel Kahneman

 "Working hard to make useful products and services for your fellow humans is deeply morally good." - Elon Musk

Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

"The truth - that love is the ultimate and the highest goal to which a man can aspire." - Viktor Frankl

"Hard choices, easy life. Easy choices, hard life." - Jerzy Gregorek

"It's ironic that of all the Kardashsians Caitlyn has had the least work done." - Tim Dillion

"Risk comes from not knowing what your doing." - Warren Buffett

"Build others up and they'll enable your success. Tear them down and they'll wait for you to fail." - Shane Parrish

"Those who have a 'why' to live, can bear with almost any 'how.'" - Viktor Frankl

Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

"Risk is what's left when you think you've thought of everything." - Carl Richard

"I'm not an investor. I like to make technologies real that I think are important for the future and useful in some sort of way." - Elon Musk

"To infinity and beyonnnnddddd." - President Joe Biden

"Companies should have to get shareholder permission to take political stances." - Glenn Reynolds

"Anyone want to see if we can't get a MAGA event scheduled in Atlanta for the date of the ASG?" - Curt Schilling

"Every battle is won before it is fought." - Sun Tzu

Flotsam and Jetsam

Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.

The more I think about it the more I like the idea of Tom Brady suing the NFL Commissioner for $200 million for defamation and damages. At the very least it would allow Brady to avoid having to speak about "deflategate" as all he'd have to say is "I can't comment because of our legal suit against the league"...  At first I agreed with this thought. Then I remembered all the entertainment I've gotten from watching certain individuals struggle with the self-checkout lane... So not only are the Jets, Colts and Ravens at the forefront of faux outrage over "deflategate" they are also among 14 NFL teams who got paid to support the troops. What's worse - fake outrage or fake patriotism? Not listed among the 14 teams - the New England Patriots... Today's word for the day is "holoholo" which is Hawaiian for "to ramble for pleasure"... Definitely buying this as a gift for someone in my family...